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First Pitch: The Best Way to Evaluate Defensive Shifts

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BOSTON - Gerrit Cole made a comment last night about the pitch sequence being an issue in his at-bat against Andrew Benintendi. He threw...

First Pitch: Breaking Down the Pirates’ 2017 Payroll

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USA Today released their 2017 salary database, giving us a look at the league minimum salaries for the rest of the players on the active...

First Pitch: Two Players Who Could Impact the Pirates the Most in 2017

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BOSTON - The 2017 Pirates season is upon us, with the Pirates opening up the season in Boston. I will have full coverage from...

First Pitch: Taylor Hearn’s Development Includes Video of the Best Lefties in MLB

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BRADENTON, Fla. - The Pirates do a lot of video work with their prospects, using MLB players as comparisons for how a player should...

First Pitch: From Walt Weiss to Clint Barmes to Jordy Mercer to Kevin Newman

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BRADENTON, Fla. - When Clint Hurdle was the manager in Colorado around 2003-2004, he watched Clint Barmes make his transition to the major leagues, getting...

First Pitch: Indianapolis Will be Loaded With Young Talent This Season

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After Sunday's game against the Baltimore Orioles, manager Clint Hurdle talked positively about the depth that the Pittsburgh Pirates have coming into this season....

First Pitch: Josh Harrison and Gregory Polanco React to Tyler Glasnow’s New Changeup

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BRADENTON, Fla. - By this point, I think I've covered almost everything involving Tyler Glasnow's new changeup. There's the fact that he has a...

First Pitch: How Many Wins Are the Pirates Projected For in 2017?

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Every year when FanGraphs releases the ZiPS projections for the Pirates, I do an article where I take the WAR projections, combined with my...

First Pitch: The Final Day the Pirates Will Negotiate With Arbitration Eligible Players

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*The deadline for teams to exchange arbitration figures with arbitration eligible players is today at 1:00 PM EST. Teams and arbitration eligible players can...

First Pitch: The Difficult Decision in Trading Top Prospects

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Ever since the Jose Quintana rumors started, I've been saying the Pirates have the prospects to make a deal. They've got enough depth in...

First Pitch: Pirates Will See Pitching Depth From Tommy John Returnees

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BRADENTON, Fla. - The Pirates have seen their fair share of Tommy John injuries the last few years. Oddly enough, a lot of those...

First Pitch: When Does a Player Become Injury Prone?

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This hasn't been a good year for Elias Diaz in terms of health. The catcher missed about half the 2016 season with an elbow...
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